Paper-file



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W. Il. WOODS, OE WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OE COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOE To HAEEIET WOODS, OE OENTEEVILLE, INDIANA.

PAPER-NLE.

lSpecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,200, dated August 12, 1862.

To all ww'm/ it may concern.-

Be it known that I, W. L. WOODS, of Washington city, in the District of Columbia, have, invented a new and Improved Paper-File and Docu ment-Safe, the use of which is to facilitate the handling of business papers and for their preservation; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction o f a folding box so arranged that the inside will slip out in part, so as to enable the operator vto examine the papers on le by their titles without removing them from the safe,vand closeup in a compact manner, the whole combination forming a practical paperfile and documentvsafe suitable for all ordinary business departments, and preserving the papers from the dust and the usual wear of handling.

To enable others skilled in the art to makeand use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my paper-file and documentsafe of any suitable size and out of any suitable materials used by carpenters, book-binders, box-makers, tin and copper smiths, and in the forni of a folding box, as shown open and closed by Figures l, 2, and 3 in the annexed.

drawings, which folding box is composed of au exterior box, (see n, b, c, d, e, and f, Fig. 2, and a, d, e, andy, Fig. 3,) with a raising caplid, g h i, Fig. 2, and ig, Fig. 3, which closes against diagonal shoulders fx, or may be let over the sides ofthe box without shoulders, and which lid is fastened to the front end of the box by a hinge, C C, Fig. l, which top is about three-fourths the length of the box, and an interior box, (shown by dotted red lines and broad black lines, indicated by st rg@ n la) which inner box is not separate from nor cannot be separated from the exterior box, but only drawn out in part, the front edge of the top o, Fig. 2, corningin Contact With the cleat x, which is placed immediately under the hinge of the cap-lid and extending across on the underside of the top of the exterior box. This cleat is of the Same thickness as the top of the interior box. rlhe sides of the interior box are equal, and are cut diagonally from the front tom, where the falling lid lm n 7c, Fig. 2, is fastened by a very substantial hinge. On this lid a tablet, o, and pencil p are attached. The tablet is of such material as can be used with a lead-pencil, and can be made with any material suitable for tablets. used as a handle to draw out theinner box, as

the bottom of theinner box immediately under the hinge of the falling lid. The ring z, Fig. 3 and Fig. 2, and B, Fig. l, is attached to the ile and safe,vto 'be used in drawing it from the shelf or pigeon-hole. The ring y, Figs. 2and 3, is used for the same purpose. I A, Fig. l, is a label. Y

The Inode of using the paper-tile aud document-Safe is to place it with the opening from the operator. Raise the cap-lid with the lel't hand. With your right hand take hold of the falling lid or the ring near its hinge and draw out the inner box as far as it willcome. Then proceed to examine the papers, which are presumed to be suitably labeled near the end in a business-like manner. Having selected your paper, you can register its disposal upon the tablet if it is to be taken from the Safe. You close the safe, pressing firmly against the falling lid near the hinge, raising the falling lid and dropping the cap-lid.

VlVhat I claim as my invention, aud desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy l A combination of two boxes, one within the other and attached, forming a folding box with two lids and a tablet attached, producing a practical iile and safe for business papers, as herein described.

i W. vL. WOODS.

Witnesses: d

H. J. ALVORD,

J AMES STEELE.

edge of the top to the front edge of the bot- The falling lid is I is also the ring w, Fig. 3, which is fastened to 

